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lima beans. What was my secret recipe? It’s simple: I open a can of lima beans, drain them, rinse them, and set them before him. It’s one of his favorite beans, and he gets grumpy if he has to share. Look for canned limas at any supermarket; in some stores you can even find canned “chestnut” limas with beautiful brown speckling. Chestnut limas make an even lovelier, earthier-looking accompaniment to this fall feast.
MAKE IT SPOOKY!
Make this lunch extra-fun by decorating your lunch box with Halloween-themed stickers and toys. Last year, I used black cat stickers and Halloween-style spooky letters on the outside of the lunch box to warn the diner to “BEWARE” of what they would discover when the box was opened!
HALLOWEEN MENU Scary Spider Sandwiches (page 136) Gobblin’ Fingers (page 70) A pear Beverage: Witches’ Brew (page 259) Here’s a spine-tingling lunch for that spookiest of holidays, Halloween. “Spider” sandwiches creep around on a nest of “mummy wrappings,” while Gobblin’ Fingers await dipping. A murky bottle of Witches’ Brew is sure to chill and delight.
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